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scuză
excuse /ˈskuzə/
noun#177 most common
Also: pretext, apology
Example sentences
Am o scuză.
I have an excuse.
Nu am nicio scuză pentru întârziere.
I have no excuse for being late.
Profesorul nu a acceptat scuza mea.
The teacher didn't accept my excuse.
Scuza lui a sunat neconvingător.
His excuse sounded unconvincing.
Găsirea unei scuze plauzibile devenise o adevărată artă pentru el.
Finding a plausible excuse had become a real art for him.
Multitudinea de scuze pe care le invoca de fiecare dată începuse să-i submineze credibilitatea în fața colegilor.
The pile of excuses he brought up every time had started to undermine his credibility with his colleagues.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | scuză | scuze |
| Genitive | scuze | scuze |
| Accusative | scuză | scuze |
| Vocative | scuzo | scuze |
Word family
a scuzato excuse, to forgive
a se scuzato apologize
scuzabilexcusable
nescuzatunexcused, inexcusable
scuzeexcuses; also used alone as 'sorry'
Etymology
Scuză entered Romanian through French excuse and Italian scusa, both descending from Latin excusare. That Latin verb was built from ex- (out, away from) and causa (cause, legal case), so the original sense was to remove someone from a charge or a cause of blame. The Romanian verb a scuza and the noun scuză both preserve this core idea of clearing someone of fault.
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